Richard stepped forward and went to a corner, where he found an Energy Absorption Tower that had only melted halfway.
He rubbed the melted edge, pondered for a moment, then walked to another corner and touched the scorched wall.
At the third corner, he used a wind blade to clear away the solidified metal slurry on the floor and saw that the ground had sunk slightly.
The fourth corner was in the best condition. It had even preserved an intact Energy Absorption Tower, but its preset magic rune functions had detected an abnormality in the outside environment and automatically stopped operating.
"Hmm—" Richard pursed his lips, analyzing the information as he continued gathering clues.
A fragment of an Energy Controller, traces left by a pool of solidified metal slurry, the path taken by a mass of chaotic energy...
After several full minutes, Richard vaguely reconstructed everything that had happened in the room.
Narrowing his eyes at the floor, Richard muttered:
"Initially, an Energy Absorption Tower in the third corner must have gone out of control, causing an energy overflow. It then spread rapidly in all directions, creating a chain reaction that caused nearly all the Energy Absorption Towers to lose control.
"The effect weakened slightly as it spread. That was why the third corner suffered the most severe damage; even the heavily reinforced floor was nearly pierced through. The two adjacent corners were next, while the diagonally opposite fourth corner was damaged the least and managed to retain one intact Energy Absorption Tower.
"Also, the remaining chaotic energy in the room does indeed indicate that there was a brief confrontation..."
After analyzing it for a long while, Richard looked at the ancient tree Tinwood and said, "So the accident here really had nothing to do with you? It does seem